NASIONALE VERGADERING
VRAAG VIR SKRIFTELIKE BEANTWOORDING
Question NO 1120 NW1385E
Dr. CP Mulder (FF Plus) vra die Minister van Arbeid:
1. Hoeveel (a) ervare en (b) leer ling- ambagslui is daar in SA vanaf
Junie 2006 tot Junie 2009 vir elke jaar onderskeidelik gewees?
2. Wat is die gemiddelde ouderdom van ambagslui in (a) elke rasgroep in
Suid Afrika onderskeidelik en (b) vir al die groepe saam?
3. Hoeveel (a) ambagsmanne in total en (b) per rasgroep in Suid-Afrika is
sedert
Junie 2006 tot Junie 2009 vir elke jaar onderskeidelik deur (i) die
regering se
Setaâs en (ii) die privaatsektor opgelei?
4. (a) Wat is die bedrag wat die regering se Setaâs aangewend het vir die
opleiding van ambagsui sedert Junie 2006 tot Junie 2009 vir elke jaar
onerskeidelik en (b) wat is die finansiele bydrae wat die
privaatsektor vir dieselfde tydperke gemaak het vir die opleiding van
ambagslui?
5. Hoeveel van (i) ervare ambagslui en (ii) leerling/onervare ambagslui
het die land sedert Junie 2006 tot Junie 2009 in elke jaar
onderskeidelik verlaat volgens (a) rasgroep onderskeidelik en (b) in
total?
The Minister replied:
1.1.; 1.2. and 1.3. The table below provides information as requested in
question 1.1 (b) and partly to 1.3.
|Questions |2006 / 07 |2007 / 08|2008 / 09|
|The Number of people that entered |4,117 |14,293 |17,339 |
|apprenticeship training through | | | |
|apprenticeship contracts with SETAs. | | | |
| | | | |
|No. of learners that were already in |7,905 |7,928 |Â 8337 |
|training who undertook trade tests at | | | |
|Indlela only: | | | |
| No. of learners that were already in |3192 |2903 |Â 3392 |
|training who passed their trade tests | | | |
|at Indlela only: | | | |
A total of 44,780 learners in trade related learnerships and apprentices
were registered and assessed at SETA levels, i.e. National Qualifications
Framework Levels 3 and 4.
Details with regard to the numbers of learner race, gender and those with
disabilities; those that passed and qualified as artisans including whether
they were formerly employed or not, are disclosed in the individual SETA
Annual Reports that I tabled in parliament during the three years period.
4. We did not maintain data and statistics in the manner that would
provide the kind of information that the Honourable member is looking
for. However the individual SETA Annual Reports that I tabled in
parliament during the last three years, provides audited statements
and amounts that each SETA received as skills levy income, interest
received and contribution from government departments. The same
reports contain expenditure items that include grants to employers for
different types of training such as learnerships and apprenticeships,
the costs for such programmes and learner allowances payable. These
amounts differ per economic sector. Government Departments Annual
Reports also provide statistics on the types of training that they
have funded using their 1% skills budget.
5. We donât have statistics of artisans including other professionals who
left the country. My officials have interacted with Home Affairs on
this matter and I am advised that they also do not have a definite
answer on this matter. This is because partly people leave the country
for different reasons, on different visas and permits.
For us to maintain data on artisans in the country we, asked
parliament to amend the Skills Development to introduce a new Section
26B that allows us to register and maintain information on all
artisans in the country. We had started the process this year to
develop the relevant systems. I hope that the Director General Higher
Education and Training who has taken over the administration of this
Act as from the 1st November 2009, will continue with this work so
that we can have those statistics as they are quite critical for the
labour market and for economic planning.